Your Favorite You
Episodes
209 episodes
Ep 206: Remodel Your Home, Remodel Your Life
What can remodeling your home teach you about remodeling your life? More than you might think. As I’ve been remodeling my home, I’ve noticed all the ways the process mirrors the transformation of becoming your favorite version of yourself. ...
Ep 205: Retiring from Being the Strong One
Have you ever thought of yourself as “the strong one” in your life? The one who is always available, always fine, and who always holds it together so nobody else has to. It’s a job that no one applies for, but that most of you are w...
Ep 204: I'm really fucking good at this!
I'm really fucking good at my job. And before you decide I’m an egomaniac, I want you to notice how uncomfortable that sentence may have just made you. I felt it too, that urge to soften it, qualify it, or follow it up with a joke so that nobod...
Ep 203: Letter to Sweet Melissa, circa 1991
Think about a younger version of you who had no idea what was coming next. What would you tell her? Not to fix her or warn her, but to let her know that she makes it and it’s better than she could imagine.I recently learned that someone ...
Ep 202: Learning to Rock the Boat with Katie M.
What happens when you shift your focus from trying to make everyone else happy to finally listening to yourself? In this episode, I’m joined by one of my amazing clients, Katie, who graciously shares how coaching helped her learn to rock the bo...
Ep 201: Leading with Care with Bonnie Pugh, MD
I’m so excited to introduce you to today’s guest, whom I’ve known and admired for the past 25 years. I met Dr. Bonnie Pugh during residency, and we've been friends ever since. Bonnie is a pediatrician at Central Ohio Primary Care, where she als...
Ep 200: Your Favorite You - 200 Episodes In
I named this podcast Your Favorite You because I believe your favorite version of yourself already exists within you. She's not someone you have to build from scratch—she's someone you uncover one choice at a time.For this miles...
Ep 199: It's Still the Clitoris (We're Back) with Nina Deep, MD
Feeling comfortable in your body can be challenging when so much of what you’ve learned is incomplete, inaccurate, or shaped by shame. That’s why I’m welcoming back Dr. Nina Deep to help deepen our understanding of women’s bodies and tackle que...
Ep 198: But You're Here Now: On Grief, Presence, and What Truly Matters
We spend an extraordinary amount of our lives preparing to live them: working toward the thing, achieving the next milestone, building toward a future version of ourselves and our circumstances that will finally feel like enough.We’re so...
Ep 197: The Flip Side - Success and Struggle
We spend so much time talking about how to achieve success—how to work toward it, how to stay motivated, and how to push through the tough parts—but we don't talk nearly enough about what happens when success actually arrives. And on the flip s...
Ep 196: Befriending Boredom: What Happens When You Stop Filling Every Silence
What if you thought about boredom not as a problem you need to fix, but fertile ground from which insight, self-knowledge, and genuine rest can grow?Think about this: When you have an unexpected opening in your day—a canceled meeting, an...
Ep 195: Self-Care vs. Numbing
When was the last time you did something to take care of yourself and actually felt better after? Not just distracted or temporarily relieved, but genuinely, truly better.We have a cultural obsession with self-care. The idea is ...
Ep 194: A Nice Little Life
My nice little life—morning walks, easy Saturdays, and time with the people I love—would not be possible if I were still seeking validation and gratification from things outside of myself.Today I’m talking about a book that helped me put...
Ep 193: Inside a Group Coaching Call
Today, I’m doing something I’ve never done before on this podcast: I’m dropping you into the middle of one of our group coaching calls.We had about three weeks left in the current group container when this was recorded, and as we wind do...
Ep 192: Rest is Resistance (featuring the work of Tricia Hersey, The Nap Ministry)
When you try to rest—genuine rest, not productive rest, strategic recovery, or resting to recharge—what do you hear in your head? Maybe your mind immediately starts firing back with thoughts like: you’re wasting time, other people are worki...
Ep 191: It's Called The Clitoris with Nina Deep, MD
If you think back to all of your years of formal education, was the clitoris ever mentioned, let alone discussed or explained? For most of us, the answer is no. My guest today is here to talk about why that matters and what we can do to correct...
Ep 190: When Friendships are Complete
What do you feel when you hear the word complete? Not failed, abandoned, lost, or broken–complete.The friendships that have run their course–that were real, meaningful, and good, but are no longer active parts of your l...
Ep 189: The Finish Line That Keeps Moving
When was the last time you truly celebrated something you accomplished? Not a quick “yay” before moving on or a fleeting moment of relief before you started on the next goal, but a real moment where you paused to let yourself feel proud....
Ep 188: What You'd Never Say to a Friend
Have you had a moment like this recently? You’re doing the work, making progress, and feeling proud of yourself, then your brain swoops in to criticize you for not doing it sooner or for how far you still have to go.This is common for ev...
Ep 187: I Did the Thing (And I Left Out a Paragraph, and I'm Telling You About It)
Is there an idea that’s been tapping you on the shoulder? Something you keep saying you’ll get to, and then you don’t? Today, I get to tell you about something I did. Not something I’m planning or thinking about, but something I actually follow...
Ep 186: Which Beliefs are Stopping You?
How many of you are holding back your brilliance because of one thought your brain offers—usually in a moment of fear—that you accept as fact without ever questioning it?Today, I’m sharing a personal story about something that pushed me ...
Ep 185: Tenacity - The Art of Not Giving Up
How often are you so close to the thing you’ve been working toward—the breakthrough, the answer, the “yes”—and you give up just before it arrives? I’ve watched brilliant women get right to the edge of something life-changing and turn around bec...
Ep 184: The Best Thing About Anticipation
When was the last time you booked a haircut, a massage, or something else just for you? Do you remember the moment of relief right after you hit confirm or hung up the call, when you felt good even though nothing had actually happened yet? You ...